Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.

When I'm writing music, I'm not acting it out - it's all me. I feel that my responsibility is to be truthful about myself, first and foremost. I'm not going to sing things I don't believe in no matter who is benefitting from it.

The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven't been doing it all the time.

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.

My divorce was like a death - a genuine death of commitment and love. After I got over the shock, I was like, tell me theres some way we can save this. We can save this, right?

It's very hard to concentrate when your stomach's rumbling.

I wish my parents had spent more time worrying about my education than me being a star.